Rudersdal Chamber Players
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Rudersdal Chamber Players:
Praised for their flawless, outstanding and convincing playing, Rudersdal Chamber Players have performed throughout Denmark and in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland and Russia (before the war) at venues such as the prestigious Louisiana Concert Hall and the Sound Ways Festival. Future engagements include tours in the USA and Canada.
In September 2022 they released their world premiere recording of Poul Ruders’ chamber music and got brilliant reviews internationally including 5 stars in BBC Music Magazine and Fanfare Magazine.
Rudersdal Chamber Players is ensemble in residence at the Rudersdal Sommerkoncerter, a summer festival in a desirable area a little north of Copenhagen.
The base of the ensemble is a piano quartet, but they perform in various settings including clarinet quintet, flute quartet, piano trio, string trio and string quartet.
Rudersdal Chamber Players perform a wide repertoire that ranges from classics by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak to contemporary music. They have collaborated with important composers such as Giya Kancheli, Elena Firsova and Poul Ruders and premiered works from Denmark, Sweden, USA, Ireland, Poland and Russia.
A particular focus for Rudersdal Chamber Players is music by lesser-known composers including female composers from the romantic era such as Amanda Maier-Röntgen and Mel Bonis.
Rudersdal Chamber Players regularly collaborate with visual artists, scientists, poets and historians on interdisciplinary projects focusing on topics like the Iron Curtain, the Apocalypse, astronomy, or mythology.
Rudersdal Chamber Players was founded in 2017 by violinist Christine Pryn at the request of the internationally acclaimed composer Lera Auerbach and her husband, Rafael DeStella. Lera was composer in residence at Rudersdal Sommerkoncerter, and they thought it would be an advantage for the festival to have an ensemble of dedicated musicians who could perform in various combinations. In 2018, Rudersdal Chamber Players gave their first concert and have since been a sought-after ensemble, performing around 30 concerts annually.